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Taliban Endorses Twitter Over Threads (www.vice.com)
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Anas Haqqani, a senior leader in the Taliban, has officially endorsed Twitter over Facebook-owned competitor Threads.

“Twitter has two important advantages over other social media platforms,” Haqqani said in an English post on Twitter. “The first privilege is the freedom of speech. The second privilege is the public nature & credibility of Twitter. Twitter doesn't have an intolerant policy like Meta. Other platforms cannot replace it.”

Twitter has fallen out of favor with many people since Elon Musk took over the company last year...The Taliban, however, seems to love it. Two Taliban officials even bought blue verification check marks after Musk started selling them in January.

Haqqani noted that the biggest draw of Twitter was this lax moderation policy...Facebook and TikTok both view the Taliban as a terrorist organization and disallow them from posting. It’s a ban that persists to this day.

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[–] astral_avocado@lemmynsfw.com 61 points 1 year ago (4 children)

“Twitter has two important advantages over other social media platforms,” Haqqani said in an English post on Twitter. “The first privilege is the freedom of speech.

I know it's the Taliban but I cannot believe how braindead they are. They don't even remember that they're so anti free speech, they'll hunt down and kill dissidents especially women who have the guts to get an education.

[–] c2h6@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago

The taliban and Musk share the same values, then - to both of them, free speech means "you can say anything, as long as its what I like".

[–] Lenins2ndCat@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

See also: The CIA award for excellence in journalism.

[–] pandarisu@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

The only person who has true freedom of speech on Twitter is Elon Musk. If he doesn't like something you say (for example apparently he doesn't like the term 'Cisgender'), he can ban you

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It is freedom of speech for themselves.